YOU KNOW HOW I TRIED
TO MAKE IT ON MY OWN
THIS AIN'T THE WAY
THAT IT'S MEANT TO BE
Girl : Sheer Greed/ Wasted Youth
Girl
were an
English
Glam Metal band
formed in
London in 1979.
They split up in 1982
with
band members
going on to join
Def Leppard
and
L.A. Guns,
among others.
History
Girl
were formed in 1979
by vocalist
Phil Lewis,
guitarists
Gerry Laffy
and
Phil Collen,
drummer
Jonathon Trevisick
replaced shortly
thereafter by
Dave Gaynor
and bassist
Mark Megary
replaced shortly thereafter
by
Simon Laffy
Collen had
previously been in
the bands
Lucy,
Tush,
and
Dumb Blondes.
Girl
were first discovered
and managed
by Jon Lindsay
who was looking
for bands for
former manager
of The Who,
Kit Lambert,
for a proposed
new record label.
Lindsay and Girl
separated over
managerial decisions
when the band
wanted to sign a
recording deal
with
Don Arden
instead of a
recording contract
negotiated by
Lindsay with music
figure
Simon Napier-Bell's Nomis
Publishing.
The band
were signed by
Jet Records,
releasing two singles
prior to their
debut album
Sheer Greed
(1980),
which reached
number 33
in the
UK Albums Chart.
The band's profile
was raised by tours
with the
Pat Travers Band
and
UFO,
in the midst of the
new wave of
British
Heavy Metal explosion.
Girl
recorded a
pre-L.A. Guns version
of the song
"Hollywood Tease",
Barnacle himself
was replaced by
Bryson Graham
during the recording
of the next album.
Both Barnacle and Graham
appear on
Girl's second album
Wasted Youth
which was
released in 1982
and reached number 92
in the UK.
Pete Bonas
replaced
Phil Collen,
who left to join
Def Leppard,
though the
band broke
up soon after.
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WHEN THE HAND
THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE
IS THE HAND
THAT HOLDS THE KNIFE
AND THE KNIFE
THAT CUTS
THE CABLE
KILLS THE SPARK
THAT FEEDS THE LIFE
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